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POLITICAL.
Maryland Democrats in Con
Vention.
Elihue E. Jackson Nominated
For Governor.
The Ohio Republicans Pushing
Sherman for 1888.
Democrats.

BALTIMORE, July 27.-The Democratic
State convention to nominate candidates
for governor, comptroller and attorney
general, assembled in this city to day.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
administration of President Cleveland
and urging delegates in congress to work
for a reduction of taxation, opposing the
introduction of foreign paupers and con
victs, and for an election law e~mbodying
the features of the Tilden law and such
other provisions as will assure the purity
of elections. Thus far the anne Of
James Hodges, l.. Victor Baughman,
Frank Brown, Stevenson Archer and
Eihue E. jackson have been presented to
the convention fer the nomination of
governor.
Elihue K. Jackson was nominated for
governor and the convention then took a
recess.
The convention ~reassembled at s D. M.
Hon. w. Pinkney White was named for
attorney general; l.. Victor Baughman,
Frederick county, now president of the
Chesapeake & Ohio canal, was nomi-
mated for comptroller. The ticket as
nominated, it is declared, will heal all dis
sensions in the Democratic party.
, 1887-07-28
KILLED ON THE RAIL.
Terrible Accident on the Chi
cago & Alton Road.
A Construction Train Run Into
By a Freight.
Ten Dead Bodies Taken From
the Wreck.
A Terrible Accident.

CHICAGO, July 27.-The Inter Ocean
Bloomington, ILL.,, special says: A con-
struction train on the Chicago & Alton
road, on which were nearly 100 laborers,
was run into this afternoon by a freight
train. The trains met on the Orendorf
bridge near Hopedale, twenty-five miles
from Bloomington.
A Daily Nea1s special from Pekin, ILL.,,
says: Ten dead bodies have been taken
from the wreck of the construction train
at Hopedale and eight men are unac-
counted for. 1t is supposed that the
missing men are dead in the wreck, in
which case the number of dead is elgh.
teen, with the probability that the list will
be swelled to twenty-five.
, 1887-07-28
TOM MULQUEEN.
He Passed Some Practical Opinions on
a Gold Mine.

LDthNcI INtWb.l
Tom Mulqueen, the noted horseman,
wen up to Boulder the other day to ex-
anime a mine for a party of friends in the
East who contemplate purchasing. He
was accompanied through the property by
a well known mining expert, who gives
Toms comments on the mine as the
levels, slopes and drifts were exposed 10
Toms gaze, He was dressed in a blue
shirt and corduroy pants and Jacket,
which gave him a sort of I~-know-lots air.
Standing at the opening of a long drift,
the expert carefully explained the quality
of the rock and mineral composing it,
when Tom broke in with:
Well, boys, take the blanket off and
let her trot a heat, and then I'll tell you
what I'll give for her. When | bought
Montana Regent for Jack Morrissey |
never put up a nick until | saw him get
a move on him. Buying a mine is Just
like buying a horse or playing a stack of
blues, a fellow wants to get action on
his money, and unless | can see the thing
move | cant tell what I'll do about it.
Put her around once for action and then
throw the spurs into her for a turn, and
then II she pans out LII give you a bid
on her. After long experience, my
friend, L find out that a fellow is liable to
get stood up or thrown in a transaction
unless he keeps both peppers wide open
and without a wink while negotiations are
going on. I'd like to play this mine open
for a few days with a copper on that ar
drift and yon level, and Of course if she
comes my way I'll turn the box on it.
I'll tell you what I'll do, pard, I'll play
you $500 Paris mutuals on that shaft
you're making such a roar about, and
give you a show for place on that upper
slope o just spoke to that other gilly
about. Fling the saddle on that bucket,
throw up the rider and let her CO., and
after we pass under the wire, old pard,
we'll lift in a Manhattan"
Tom has safely returned to the city,
but whether or not he intends to buy the
mine could not be definitely ascertained at
a lac hour last night.
, 1887-07-28
POINTS.

j. H. Henon, Hastings, Neb., is in
town.
w. R. Mcclellan came up from Greeley
yesterday.
Geo. F. Haswell came up from Denver
yesterday.
Special Agent Bowers has reached
town from Buffalo.
J. G. Baird last evening returned from
a business trip to Denver.
Col. Sitter and w. w. Corlett left
for the West last evening.
Chas. BeIlany, city engineer of Lara
mic, was in the city yesterday.
j. j. Brown, the grade contractor, ar
rived from Council Bluffs last evening.
John Hess, the real estate dealer, visit
ed Greeley on a business trip yesterday.
Hon. A. II. Reel left for the Spur
ranch on the Oregon Short Line last
night.
Manager Merryfeld. of the Western
Union, is again able to be about the
streets.
Phil Waterman, who is again under
the weather, has gone to Denver to recu-
perate.
Robt. M. Galbraith, manage of the
Rawlins Sandstone company, was in town
yesterday.
Miss Vreeland, Miss Frost and Mrs. j..
P. Crosson have returned from a season
spent at Chug,
Corey Bros Cheyenne & Burlington
contractors, and E. j. Leach, Concord,
N. H., are registered at Dyer's.
f. Fl. Raymond, Chug; Russell Thorp,
Rawhide Buttes, and Chas. c. Creed,
Fort Collins, are at the Inter Ocean.
W. Q. Sampson, member elect of the
Wyoming legislature from Albany coun-
ty, returned from an eastern trip last
evening.
Mrs. Critzer and children, who have
been visiting Cheyenne friends for the
past week. returned to their Laramie
home last evening.
Chas. Hecht came up from Denver and
left for Laramie last night. Grass has
attained a healthy growth on the Laramie
plains and Mr.. Hecht is co~rrespondingly
jubilant.
John NJ. Cotton, Lincoln, Neb., tray
cling agent for Western Resources, is Wis
iting this section of Wyoming. He is
tramping over the hills in the vicinity of
Sherman to-day.
Capt. Leo CASTOR, who is to engage in
the mounted sword contest at the fair
grounds next Sunday afternoon with
Prot. Powers, reached town last evening
and is registered at the Inter Ocean.
Harry Tuxford, who has been employed
in The LEADER office for the past two
years, leaves for his old home in New
York this morning. Everyone connected
with the paper wishes Harry all manner
of good fortune.
, 1887-07-28

New YORK, July 27.-An Ottawa spe-
cial says the announcement that a messen-
ger in the house of named Bell
has entered an action against Sir Charles
Upper, minister of finance, on behalf of
his wife for detective work which she per-
formed for Sir Charles, is causing a great
sensation here. Bell said Yesterday that
Sir Charles having charged him with
attempted blackmail, he IS now publish
ing a pamphlet in which he intends to
show up the character of Sir Charles and
a member of parliament named Colyb
who were at one time boarders at his
hOuSe
, 1887-07-28
fraudulent SURVEYS.

WASHINGTON, July 81. -Commissioner
Sparks, of the general land office, in a
letter to the surveyor general of Califor-
mia, has rejected the survey of part of
townships 30 and 81 south, range IA east,
in the state of California, claimed to have
been executed by N. l.. Berdan, United
States deputy surveyor, under a contract
dated Oct. 20, 1879. The commissioner
in his letter to the surveyor general says:
Evidence Is on file in the general land
Office showing that Deputy Berdan made
no surveys at all on the townships named,
and that his notes and plats are fictitious
and his pretended survey fraudulent.
, 1887-07-28
Attempt to Wreck a Tram.

CHICAGO, July 27.-An accident oc-
CURED to the Philadelphia and Chicago
express on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
caused by a misplaced switch. The ex-
press ran into a freight train standing on
the siding at York, Ind, killing the en-
gineer and fireman OF the express and
seriously injuring the engineer of the
freight train. The accident was caused by
an attempt to wreck the train, as the
switch was known to be in good order half
an hour before it was found broken.
, 1887-07-28
The Kansas City Delegation.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-A delegation
from Kansas City called at the white house
shortly after noon to-day to invite the
president to visit that city during his
western tour in October. The president
accepted the invitation for a date to be
hereafter fixed between the LIST and 18th
of October.
, 1887-07-28

ON and reliable Medicines are the best
Nv to depend upon. Acker's BLOOD Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm
p%urities oftheBlood. In every formofScrof-
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, it is
invaluable. For Rheumatism, has no equal.
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-07-28
Killed by an Explosion.

DENVER, July 27.-The Republicans
Santa Fe. N. NJ, special says: A. H.
Houck, prescription clerk at Creamer's
drug store, was killed this evening by the
accidental explosion of a soda water gen.
orator. Houck formerly lived in Phila-
, 1887-07-28

CHICAGO, July 81. -Cattle-Receipts
5000; market strong; shipping steers,
SO. 30(94.65 stockers and feeders $l.55
(G2.9 Texas cattle, 81, S0(93.40 {.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market weak
and 100 15c lower; natives, SO. O0(94. IS;
Texans, 50. 70C93.6 5.
, 1887-07-28
T~ELEGRAPHIC BREvIT1Es.

Armour's new beef house at the Chi
cage stockyards We're destroyed by fire
yesterday.
The Chicago wheat market closed
firm yesterday. Cash and August 69i,
September ~ 3-16.
The Citizens Savings bank at Leaven-
worth, Kan, assigned yesterday. The
cashier has aDsconded.
Heavy thunder storms with rain visit
ed New York State yesterday, and much
damage was done in various places.
, 1887-07-28
Murdered HIS Father.

CINCINNATI, July 27.--John Neave
deliberately murdered his father, John
Neave, this afternoon at Falmouth, KY,
in a dispute over the division of crops. A
mob is organising to lynch the son, who
has barricaded himself in a farm house.
, 1887-07-28

BRooKLYN.-Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati G.
BALTIMoRE.-Baltimore 6, st. Louis
IL.
PHILADELPHIA. Athletics 4, Louis
vile 7.
New YORK -Metropolitans 4, Cleve
land |.
DETROIT Chicago 4, Detroit 10.
PTTTsBURG.- Pittsburg 0. Indianap-
oils /.
, 1887-07-28

When the stomach lacks vigor and reg
ularity there will be flatulence, heartburn,
nausea, sick headache, ~ervousnes use
DIR. j. II. McLean's Strengthening Cor
dial and Blood Purifier to give tone and
regularity to the stomach.
, 1887-07-28

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNER, BUEoHNER & Go. g.
, 1887-07-28

FERRIS MOVES HOUSES
206 Fifteenth street.
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gets in name u Il also sometimes called tho
battle OF Elkhorn tavern. from house In
the eastern part Of tho mountain group,
In tho map the black, broken lines to the
nolthward indicate the Confederate troops,
The open ones q little south Of them the
FoleralA BY . skillful movements Van
Dorm Ind hanked Curtis on the night OF
March q and gained his rear. This threatened
% cut or Curtis communication With Spring
field. Mo-. and his supplies. The aspect was
black enough.
Gen. Franz Sigel distinguished himself hon
orally In skirmish on March o. His camp
was tho most westerly OF Curtis forces, being
near Bensonville, which appears on the map.
Van Dorm passed through that town on his
way northward to get in Curtis rear. by
skillfully covering his right flank with a cav
airy movement Sigel managed TO get of with
his whole supply train and convey it TO Sugar
creek. About go men and tive pieces OF light
artillery were behind at Bentonvilc, aud In
moment they were surrounded with Confed-
erate cavalry and infantry. Sige himself
was fortunately with them, however, having
staid with the rear guard. He handled the
brave 600 40 skillfully, now fighting, now re-
treating, always nearer 10 Curtis and Pea
Ridge, that he managed 10 bring them nearly
all OIL in safety. over distance OF ten miles.
Sigel il now United States pension agent at
New York.
CurtisS front was 10 the south, from which
direction he expected the enemy to come
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Halleck's orders to Curtis had been to keep
the enemy south of Boston mountaiuS but
small detachments Of his troops had been leff
as guards here and there along the route, a.
he followed after Price, till his army had b.
come stretched out very thin They had
marched into Arkansas travelling at the rnee
of twenty miles a day, an extraordinary
march under the circumstances Cnrth
force was much smaller than the re enforced
Confederate army. Curtis therefore fell back
north from the neighborhood OF Boston
mountains and took position nearer to Mis-
souri,, at Bentonville Hehnd reiterated from
Fayetteville Van Dorm followed and the
Confederate army became in turn the pursuer.
Curtis resolved to dispose his forces about
Sugar creek, near Bentonvilie, and await the
battle which he saw must come
Until he reached Sugar creek. however, he
was not aware of Van Dorn's arrivs! in the
Confederate camp II made things hook
shaky for bis little army, q, 900 aga INST le,Orn
but Curtis did not weaken IL was too late
to run, if he had wanted to.
The reader will see from the map the diSpo-
,ition Of the forces on each side Sugar creek
flows first westward through a mountain de-
6le. then northward, skirting clump Of
mountains. The westerly portioo Of the
clunp is called Pea Ridge Thence the tsius
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EARL VAN dorm. 'aH' ''''''''' 80
from Lossngs Civil War reached camp at
in American Boston mountains
March . 1852 A salute OF forty guns was
fired to welcome him, and he addressed the
troops He issued a proclamation to tins
effect:
SOLDIERS. behold your leader! He comes
to show you the way to glory and immortal
renown He comes to hurl back the mDions
of the despots at Washington, whose igrror
ance, RIGHTEOUSNESS and brutality are equaied
only by their craven natures The
flag Of our country is waving on the southern
borders of Missouri, planted there by my
hands, under authority Il om our chief magis
trate. Shall it wave there in neian
choly loneliness, as n fall leaf in our prinevai
forests, or shall It's beautiful field and bright
stars Haunt in the breeze over Che bright hat.
talions of Arkansas, Of Texas and OF LOUIS
ana, as they are marshaling to do battle With
Missouri for victory, for honor and for indie
pendencel Awake, young men of Arkansas.
and arm! Beautiful maidens CT Louisiana
smile not OH the craven youth who may lin
ger by your hearth when the rude blast Of
war is sounding in your ears! Texas cbiV'
airy, to arinsN
Price had not retreated to Boston mountains
because he did not mean to fight. lie wfsheo
to gain time for reinforcement, and also
favorable position for battle. He was ioined
by Gen. McColloch and by Albert Pike with his
Indians On the morning Of March }, Gen
Van Dorm moved forward at the head OF
about $4,000 troops, under Gens- iiice, NC
Culloch, Mcintosh and Pike
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help. saving I've could hold out no longer
Amin there was no assistance. "PerSevere,"
said the commanding general lie did so,
TIL q fourth OF hi' men lay dead dying and
wouriel upon the field When Tn" left and
center were safe. and ASboth. Gen. Curtis
and later Sigel himself, pressed to Cars MD,
they found him fighting on still, with shat
tered army. aud be ground for mile a'rcwn
With his dead and wounded
The fighting was renewed holly a. oyer for
n time and Aspoth was wounded. Then
night fell, and both armies bvouacked upon
the field, With the dead ami dying all about
them.
In the morning OF March 9, there was more
fighting around Elkhorn tavern The force
IL 10th armies was concentrated there
Sieel's men with several heavy batteries bore
The baunt Of il. Gen. Davis opened cross
Are on the Confederate left. Cannon thunder
and iron hail flied the air with terror, MI at
hast the Confeyierates could endure it no
longer Their batteries were planted upon
The hills of Pea Ridge. They turned TO ~,
and Sigel's men were dashing up the hills
Curtis says in his report:
"rho upward movement OF the gallant
Thirty. sixth Illinois, with its dark blue line
Of men and its cleaning bayonets, steadily
cuse fr,m base 70 summit, where it dashed
forward, driving and scattering the enemy
from these commanding heights
So ended the battle Of Pea Ridge. II was
not victory for either side, but it ended the
fighting in that part of Arkansas and Mis-
s0uri. II was fought in corner near the
border line Of three states, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Karsas and the Indian Territory. Van
Dorm encamped with his men eight miles
from the battle field, and buried hi. dead I'M
der q flag Of truce. Then he went his way
south OF Boston mountains, getting OH
with nearly all DIS baggage The los on
earh side was about 1000 Both armies had
bad enough Of fighting for e time. Curtis
| encamped at keitsyille TO rest and care Tor
| his men.
Pixies Indians tomaha wked their fallen foes
and scalped and INITIATED them, \ Conted.
crate officer, in letter "a The Richmond
Wing. declared that he saw the Texans doing
| the same thing. On the other hand, van
| Dorm charged that some OF Siggfs men inur
iered several prisoners of war in cold blood.
| must be remembered that Pea Ridge vas .
| spec imsn c; horde. warfare.
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which finally, including the Enforcement.

which finally, including the reenforcementa
added from time 70 time, amounted 10 IT,
COS men. Curtis was an Ohio man, a West
Point graduate, and he had been colonel IN
the Mexican war. He had been a congress
man from Iowa, and lived in that state when
the civil war broke out
An instructive part OF war history Il got
from reading the correspondence and the re-
ports in the government archives. Nearly
all IN" Generals in the field constantly leg the
department commanders for re-enforcemcnts,
and are answered that re-enforcements arc
being forwarded as fast a. possible.
In Halleck's instruction TO Curtis he con-
stantly urges the latter TO keep his men To-
gether, and not let the enemy fight him In
detail "Throw out your cavalry carefully
says Halleck, like fingers TO the hand, 80 that
they can be drawn In on tho main body
Curtis, In one OF his letters, declares that he
must have cavalry horses, 400 new sets OF ar
tillsry harness and 10000 pairs OF pants
Halleck answers back that pants will DO
sent" but he cannot spare any horses.
Miss ouri and Arkansas were the scene Of
the most desperate guerrilla fighting Of the
war, and this fact is also reflected in Curtis
letters. lie tells Col. Clark Wright; There
Is a great set OF rogucs about kcitsville and !
hope YOU will find and arrest and send back
the most of them. Another of Curtis orders
Is very strict in regard TO protection OF pri'
vate property. He will not permit houses to
be entered, unless for spies, arms or soldiers
"Restrain your troops from acts Of cruelty
and folly" he directs Col Wright
Gen. Price wintered NJ Springfield, getting
recruits and supplies February II, Curt,
began his march against Price, AS he APP
preached, Price retreated south, and finally
went over the border into Arkansas. lie
campei at a place called Cross Hollows
Curtis cavalry followed in close pursuit.
Price retreated hastily, leaving number Of
sick and u considerable amount Of commits
sary stores behind him. He burned his bar
racks at Cross iollows.
Near this place occurred one Of those out
RACES OF the war which all must regret now.
Some of Prices provisions were left at "A ham
let called Mud Town. Some Confederate
officers, before they abandoned these, scat
tered poison over them. Federal officers and
men following on found the provisions, ate
Of them aud sickened and died. Who per
petrated the act has never been exactly ascer'
tanned But IL shows what warfare in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas meant in those days.
Price continued retreating till he came 10
Boston mountains. Look on the map and
you will see n spur of the Ozark range cx
tending into the northwest corner Of Arkan-
sas, about fifty miles south Of the border.
This is the Boston mountains, II stretch OF
hills 1900 feet high.
Gen Earl Van Dorm had been recently ap.
pointed to the command Of the Confederate
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TEE fight At PEA RIDGE.
Sketch of the Most Uncivilized
Battle of the Civil War.
INDIANS TAKE A HAND,
The Authorities Have Not Decided to
This Day Which Whipped.

rsdsrsi and Confederate Armies Fight
Two Dave and Then withdrsw-Por-
traits OF the Leaders on Both Sides.
Albert pixies Indians Use romshswks
aud scaiping Knivcs-Gen. Van Dorn's
Preciama at ,on-A Fierce Battle Whose
Story Has Not Beon Fully Written.
Tho battle Of Pea Ridge was fought Fri
day and Saturday, March and $, 1869. Tho
dead were buried on Sunday. II the fight
had taken place east Of the Mississippi IL would
hive taken a prominent place in history
But 1t was fought in the northwestern corner
OF Arkansas Railroads had scarcely pcne-
trated into that region yet, and telegraphs
wers mysterious things which good many
people did not even believe in. Therefore
the full history Of Pea Ridge has never been
written. Yet that fight is entitled TO one
unhappy distinction: 1t was the most barbar-
ous battle of tho civil war.
During the first years Of the war, the south
had better generals than the north. As early
as the summer Of 1861, the Confeloracy sent
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From Iossinss civil War taws, Comanches
... In America" and CherokecS
Chief John Ross, Of the Cherokee nation op'
posed him, but at length yielded to the impor-
t,inities Of the tribe, and struck bargain
with tho Confederate agent. Pike was the
regularly accredited commissioner of the
Confederate States Of America to the Indians
He promised TO pay to the red men the annu'
tiles they had heretofore received from the
United States He also promised to take the
southern part of the Indian territory under
Confederate protection. This included the
country of the Choctaws and Chickasaws
Pixies design was to secure in time the whole
Indian territory to the Confederacy.
The Indians raised force of 900 men for
tho war. Jefferson Davis had authorized
Pike 10 enlist three regiments. The Indian
agreement was ratified at mass meeting at
Tahleouah, the Cherokee capital 1t was
signed by John Ross, Principal Chief OF the
Cherokee Nation" 1t was secretly against
his will, however. His wife, a young, well
educated woman, was so opposed to it that
she drove off the men who tried to raise a
Confederate flag over her house, and they
had to give up the attempt This was the
last of August, 1861. John Ross was nearly
white, having only one-eighth Indian blood.
He was a man fit for a great leader any
where. He had cast his lot with his Indian
brethren, although his appearance gave no
sign Of the dusky blood in his veins. For
more than forty years he had acted as the
Moses who led his tribe from barbarism to
civilization He escaped north with his fam
ily in the summer Of 1862
Eioas' Inliians, however. with those OF
other tribes, Joined the Confederate army
under Albert Pike, who was made brisa-
der general.
In December. 1861, the Confederate general.
Sterling Price, who had advanced again into